Random music news for Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Wait. People in medieval times walked differently? Like, using their feet differently? Maybe. Stir that in with your music news for September 10, 2026.

1. Fourteen people were hospitalized at a Chainsmokers show. And two people died at Burning Man.
2. Here’s how a man came to be crushed to death under a tour bus at a Squeeze show in Virginia.
3. You gotta hydrate, dude.
4. Macklemore is on tour opening for Ed Sheeran. He led a crowd in a “Free Palestine” chant at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Now there’s a petition to have him removed from the tour. He’s even catching flak from a few fellow artists.
5. Sloan is being defrauded on Spotify by someone. See? (Thanks to Catherine for catching this.)
6. The “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act” just might make it into law in the US. Good.
7. The reviews for the Oasis documentary Don’t Look Back in Anger are starting to come in. And here’s another one.
8. Rogers Stadium in Toronto has five weeks to get back into shape after that horrible early September storm. The last show of the season is AC/DC on September 16. The city will be watching the repairs very carefully.
9. Some rare Oasis recordings are heading to auction. The boys are not amused.
10. There seems to be a nice feud going on between Alex Van Halen and Sammy Hagar.
11. Roland, the musical instrument manufacturer, is now into generative AI music.
12. How much do you know about Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody?” Try this.
13. You may have heard that your smart TV is spying on you. Here’s a story on the subject.
14. I love this: The Pay It Forward program.
15. A new poll says that Dolly Parton is the most-loved person in America. At the bottom? Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.

More music news? Go here.

BONUS: Fed up with this timeline? NUKEMAP is a game that shows what would happen if a nuclear device went off in your least favourite city.